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Nikolaus von Amsdorf was a Protestant Reformer and major supporter of Martin Luther. Educated at Leipzig and then at Wittenberg, where he became a theology professor in 1511, Amsdorf attended the Leipzig debate with Luther in 1519 and the Diet of Worms two years later, where he participated in the.
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While Nikolaus von Amsdorf (1483–1565) is best known as Luther's faithful friend and a staunch defender of Luther's Reformation, he has often been overlooked by contemporary scholarship.
Nicolaus von Amsdorf (Latin: Nicolaus Amsdorfius, 3 December 1483 – 14 May 1565) was a German Lutheran theologian and an early Protestant reformer. As bishop of Naumburg (1542–1546), he became the first Lutheran bishop in the Holy Roman Empire .
Although he served briefly as the bishop of Naumburg and played an important role in the reform of the city of Goslar, he is remembered primarily as a leader of the Gnesio‐Lutherans, who opposed Melanchthon on the role of good works in justification and the usefulness of philosophy in theology.
Nikolaus von Amsdorf (1483–1565). Popular Polemics in the Preservation of Luther's Legacy. Bibliotheca Humanistica et Reformatorica 24. Nieuwkoop: De Graaf,
amsdorf, nikolaus von Lutheran theologian and bishop, important for the early organization of Protestantism; b. probably Torgau, Dec. 3, 1483; d. Eisenach, May 14, 1565.
Nikolaus von Amsdorf: Champion of Martin Luther’s Reformation. Dr. Kolb reveals how this mostly unknown champion of Luthers Reformation helped set the future of Lutheran theology on its course.
